(19)
(11) EP 1 947 632 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.02.2010 Bulletin 2010/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/30

(21) Application number: 08155778.7

(22) Date of filing: 16.04.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G09G 3/32(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 07.05.2003 KR 20030029153

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
04252242.5 / 1475771

(71) Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do 443-742 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Choi, Beohm-Rock
    Seoul (KR)
  • Min, Ung-Gyu, 114-202 Hangangwoosung Apt.
    Gyeonggi-do (KR)
  • Choi, Joon-Hoo
    Seoul (KR)
  • Jung, Jin-Koo
    Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)

(74) Representative: Greene, Simon Kenneth 
Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

   


(54) Four-color data processing system


(57) An organic electro-luminescent display (OELD) device for processing multicolor gray-scale data, comprises a four-color converting part for converting primary RGB gray-scale data into compensated RGBW gray-scale data by adding white gray-scale data to the primary RGB gray-scale data, a data driving part for processing the compensated RGBW gray-scale data provided from the four-color converting part to generate four-color signals in an analog type, a scan driving part for generating scan signals in sequence, and an OELD panel for emitting light with a color in response to the four-color signals from the data driving part and the scan signals from the scan driving part. The four-color converting part includes a gamma converting part for converting the primary RGB gray-scale data, a white extracting part for extracting a white color component from the gamma-converted RGB data, a data determining part for generating four-color RGBW data by subtracting the white color component from the gamma-converted RGB data and adding the white gray-scale data to the gamma-converted RGB data, and a reverse-gamma converting part for reverse-gamma converting the four-color RGBW data.







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